Hair-waving comb



H. JACOBS HAIR WAVING COMB Sept. 2 1924.

Filed June 12, 19225 awuewtoz M w flbl ommg Patented Sept. 2, 1924. r

UNITED STATES 1,507,380 PATENT OFFICE.

* HANNAH JACOBS, OF BROOKLYN, YORK.

HAIR-WAVING 00MB.

Application filed June 12, 1922. Serial No. 567,635. a

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HANNAH JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Waving Combs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to' improvements in combs for waving the human hair and thoughnot limited to a particular manner of use it is especially advantageous when used for making what is commonly called the water wave. In the earlier method of making the water waves in hair a number ofsmall individual combs were inserted one at a time into the hair and they were so manipulated that they caught the hair and moved it into wave formations and the combs were left in the hair for a time and the hair subjected to water treatment (and sometimes heat) to set the wave. In United States patents issued to Harry Jacobs and myself Nos. 1,360,643 and 1,369,974 certain improvements in combs for this purpose are shown and described, and the object of the present invention is to improve upon combs of that character.

The present device comprises a series of combs joined by articulate connections of such character that the combs move toward and from each other to compress the hair into waves and at the same time these connections cause the combs to move relatively in the direction of their length. As the combs are collapsed or moved laterally to ward each other alternate combs move alternately in opposite directions lengthwise in order to hold the hair in wavy condition. In my present invention the articulate con nections between the several combs are curved or arched so that when the combs are opened up they will lie in converging planes and the ends of the teeth of the device as a whole'will therefore be arched to approximately conform to the curvature of the head. The result of this construction is that when the combs ar inserted into the hair their teeth project therein and substantially all of them will come into contact with the scalp so'that when the combs are moved towardeach other'they will not simply carry the outer or top portions of the body of hair along with them but will move practically all of the hair on such portion of the headv as is under treatment into wave forming position. By having the articulate connec combs automatically assume the converging condition here described without any manipulation on the part of the operator except that of moving the combs laterally. In the fullest embodiment of my invention the articulate connections are not only arched but the combs are also arched in the direction of their length in order that when the combs are in open position ready for insertion into the hair they will conform substantially to the longitudinal as well as the lateral curvature of the head. And in the preferred form the curvature of the connecting members corresponds to the curvature of the combs so that they fold up in close parallel .relation thereto.

. In the drawing forming part of this ap- The device consists primarily of a plu rality of combs and in the drawing I have shown six combs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6 the number and size of which may be varied. I have shown the several combs all of the same length though this is not imperative to the use of my invention. Each comb comprises a back 7 and any number and size of teeth 8 and the whole is preferably arched in the direction of the length of the comb; that is to say, the back 7 is arched and as the teeth 8- are shown as of uniform length their free ends 9 form an arched line le hwise of the comb. This arched formation causes the teeth to conform substantially with the crosswise curvature of the head so that when the combs are inserted into the hair the teeth will all reach to or'nearly to the scalp and engage all" the hair on the adjacent portion of th'e' head. 1

pair being parallel so that the combs move laterally in parallelism: I have shown the tions arched in the manner described, the

members connected between the ends of two adjacent combs 1, 2; the members 11,- connected between the ends of adjacent tached near-opposite ends of the respective combs. Taking the members 10 they are attached at one end by pins 15 to the plates 16 on theopposite ends of the endcomb 1.

. T he other ends of these connections are pivoted to the plates 16 on the second comb 2 by means of pins 17.. These pins 17 also form pivots for one end of the pair of connecting members 11. This construction is repeated throughout the whole device. The

pins on all the combs except the end ones form pivots for two connecting members while those on the end combs form pivots for one connecting member each.

The fastening members each comprise a plate having a web 18 engaging one face of the back ofthe comb and attached to the comb by eyelets or rivets 19; and a top web 20 at right angles to the web 18 and resting against the top edge of the comb. Each plate 16 has an abutment 21 to limit the swing of the connecting. member but these are placed in alternate positions relatively to the adjacent pivot pins 15, 17. For in stance, the abutments 21 on the plates of the endmost comb 1 are placed below the pins 15 in Figure 3; whereas, the abutments 21 on the plates of the next comb 2 are placed above the pivot pins 17 in Figure 3. They alternate in position on the several combs in this manner so that the pairs of connecting members are compelled to swing in such manner that alternate combs will move longitudinally in opposite directions when the combs are moved laterally toward and from each other. This feature forms the subject matter of my United States Patent No. 1,-

369,974 and is not claimed herein except in combination.

It ,will be noted that each of the connecting members 1014 is arched or curved outwardly between its pivotal points, as is shown in Figures 1 and 2. In the preferred form of my invention the curvature of these connecting pieces is such that these members lie parallel with the backs of the combs when the latter are in collapsed position. By reason of the curvature of the connecting members the combs, when the device opens up, lie in converging planes as shown in Figure 2. The combs lie in radial lines the arc of the curvature depending upon the curvature of the several connecting mem-' bers. If the device is applied to the head while in the opened position shown in Figure 2, the teeth of the several combs will all reach to or approximately to the scalp owing tothe arch of the combs in the direction of the length of the device (as is shown in Figure 2) and owing to the arch shape of the several combs in the direction laterally toward each other until they lie in close lateral relation. In moving in toward each other the combs also move longitudiually, adjacent combsmoving in rethey are close together'they lie parallel or nearly so. As a result of this change of angle the teeth of all the combs touch or nearly touch, the scalp at all times, which is a very desirable result.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. In a device of theclass described, the combination of a plurality of combs movable laterally toward and from each other and curved links connecting said combsfor causing them to lie in arched formation in a direction laterally of the combs when said combs are spread apart.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a plurality of combs mov able laterally toward and from each other and curved links connecting. said combs for causing them to lie in converging planes when said combs are spread apart.

3. In a device of the class'described the combination of a plurality of com'bs movable laterally toward and from each other and curved links connecting said combs for causing them to lie in converging planes when said combs are spread apart and adapted to automatically decrease the convergence of said combs as they move toward each other.

4. In a device of the class described the combination of a plurality of combs, connecting means permitting said combs to move laterally toward and from each other and adapted to cause a relative longitudinal movement of the several combs when they are moved laterally, said cdnnecting meansv are moved laterally, said connecting means being constructed to cause the combs to lie in converging planes when they are spread.

apart.

6. In a device of the class described the combination of a plurality of combs arched in the direction of their length and means they may connecting saidconrbs wherebg f rom each be moved laterally toward an other and adapted to cause said combs to lie in converging planes when spread apart.

In a device of the class described the combination of a plurality of combs and arched, articulate connections rmittin said combs to be moved latera y towar and from each other and for causing said combs to lie in converging planes when spread apart.

8.' In a deviceof the class described the combination of a plurality of combs arched in the direction of their-length and articulate connecting members ermitting said combs to be moved latera 1y toward and from each'other, said articulate members being arched to lie substantially parallel with the curvature of said combs when the latter are close and adapted to cause said combs to lie in converging planes when they are spread a art. Y a

Signe at thecity, county and State'of New York, this 30th dayof March, 1922. A

. Y :HANNAH JACOBS. 

